This war memorial was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
Gosforth War Memorial Pillar was erected in front of the new Gosforth Memorial Welfare Centre (not listed) on Church Road. These two First World War memorials formed the local community’s monument to the local servicemen who died in the First World War. The Welfare Centre was opened by Mrs CA Cochrane on 28 January 1925, whilst the pillar was unveiled as part of the ceremony by the Duke of Northumberland.
The memorial pillar cost £152, raised as part of the general War Memorial Fund in a campaign led by the Gosforth War Memorial Committee. The pillar commemorates 274 local servicemen who died in the First World War: their names are recorded on brass plaques inside the Welfare Centre. A later dedication to commemorate the town’s Second World War losses was unveiled in 1949. The memorial was moved from its original location and now stands in the centre of Gosforth Central Park on the site of the old bandstand. Raised here on a three-stepped brick base, the local authority has recently replaced these steps with stone.
Details
The memorial stands in the middle of Gosforth Central Park. Approximately 4m tall and built of red Carlisle sandstone, it takes the form of a broad octagonal pillar with a moulded capstone. The pillar stands on a large plinth, square on plan. The plinth is raised on a stepped base*. The whole is enclosed by metal railings*.
The principal dedicatory inscription, recorded on a bronze plaque fixed to the front face of the plinth, reads THIS COLUMN AND ADJACENT BUILDING/ WERE ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF GOSFORTH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON A TABLET/ IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE BUILDING.
The later bronze plaque fixed to the rear of the plinth reads THE HALL TO THE WEST OF THIS STONE/ ERECTED WITH PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ WAS DEDICATED ON REMEMBRANCE DAY/ THE 6TH NOVEMBER 1949/ AS A MEMORIAL/ TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ WHILST SERVING IN H.M. FORCES/ AND THE MERCHANT NAVY/ IN THE 1939-1945 WAR.

Pink granite obelisk on a concrete plinth. Located in the corner of St Mary's churchyard. The present setting gives the impression that the memorial has been relocated to make room for a road widening scheme. GRADE II LISTED.

This war memorial was listed Grade II* in 1965 with the following description:
'War Memorial. Dated and signed T.EYRE MACIKLIN INVT ET SCULPT 1907; inscribed - Montacutelli. brothers, founders, London, on relief. Sandstone ashlar with bronze sculpture. Wide octagonal steps to base with bronze shield, pictorial low relief panel and garlands; large figure at east bearing unfurled flag and clasping tall octagonal tapered column with inscription commemorating those of the Northumbrian regiments who died in the South African War, 1899-1902. Heroic-sized winged Victory on top.' LISTED GRADE 2*

World War One memorial. Circa 1920. By Chas Hardman ARA. Granite, Portland stone and bronze. Granite step to stone pedestal; bronze equestrian St. George and dragon. Bronze low reliefs on east and west of JUSTICE and PEACE; bronze wreath on north, and inscription MEMORY LINGERS HERE at top; dedication below eroded. LISTED GRADE 2

War memorial circa 1920. By J. Reid. Portland stone with granite steps; bronze statue and bands; enamel plaque. Curved steps to terrace in front of low curved seats, whose backs have inscribed bands and end in low square piers. Central pedestal, with enamel of St. George and the dragon, bearing standing life-size figure of the same theme. Bronze statue of St. George and the dragon mounted on rectangular pedestal with separate castings of angels at the four corners of the cap to the pedestal. LISTED GRADE 2

War memorial circa 1916. Rock-faced painted stone plinth on sandstone steps; bronze plaques; painted stone statue. Soldier trailing rifle, mortar and reel of cable behind left leg; wreaths on 2 plaques, bearing names of dead of Newburn and District in World War One. Plaque on steps THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER. Rectangular stone pillar in Portland Stone, surmounted by a figure of a soldier in WW1 battle dress. There are bronze commemorative plaques set into recesses on 3 sides of the pillar. A fourth plaque was either removed or never fixed (there are fixings in place). LISTED GRADE 2

Shelter built of buff coloured sandstone with capped pilasters flanking the opening on the east side. The opening is spanned by a timber beam which supports the timber gabled roof. The timber moulded finishings to the gables and eaves of the roof are in untreated oak. There is an inscription stone inside which states "This shelter - the gift of Stanley Miller intended for the use of patients and their parents visiting the Fleming Memorial Hospital for Sick Children MCMXXVIII". There is an inscription cut into the painted board of the Gable. The lettering has been gilded. It seems likely that this shelter has been repositioned from a different location. It has no clear relationship with the former hospital which has been converted into a business centre. LOCAL LIST

Statue 1900 by Alfred Gilbert. Pink granite pedestal with diagonal pilasters and bowed sides, to bronze statue. Seated figure in chair with elaborate canopy and base. Pedestal inscribed with THE THRONE IS ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS. Unveiled 1903; the gift of W.H. Stephenson to commemorate 500 years of the shrievalty of Newcastle 1400-1900. The statue is actually a replica of the Jubilee Memorial which Gilbert made for the town of Winchester in 1887 (it stands in the hall of Winchester Castle). Gilbert cast the replica for Newcastle in 1900 using the Companie des Bronzes in Brussels. In 1903 a second replica was cast for the British Embassy in Bangkok. LISTED GRADE 2*

Rectangular structure built of stone, located alongside Wallsend Burn just outside the former village. Has a flight of steps at the western end and a small metal plate on the top, next to the steps. Probably the base of a metal water tank. Shown as a tank on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Unnamed on the second edition, and marked as a pump on the third edition of 1913.

Site of Milkwell Burn hamlet. There was a hall here known by various names (Milkwell Burn Hall, Surtees Hall and Black Hall). This was the home of famous writer of country tales R.S. Surtees, who later moved to Hamsterley Hall. The Surtees family had owned the Milkwell Burn estate since the reign of Charles II (1660-85). The hall was demolished in 1956 and its fine oak staircase was sent to the Gort family (Lord Gort of Hamsterley Hall was Surtee's grandson) in Cork, Ireland. Remains of the hall can still be seen in the wood adjoining Black Hall Farm.